Example sentences of "[Wh det] [verb] [pron] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sea Containers last night rejected the higher , hostile takeover bid from Anglo-Swedish rival Temple Holdings in favour of its own restructuring plan which involves it selling more than $1billion of assets . |
| 2 | A new generation of a sell system has been successfully introduced into all our stores which integrates which integrates more closely the retailing distribution and manufacturing systems and raises the level of management information and control . |
| 3 | Like interviewees , interviewers can learn skills which mean they do n't have to resort to overt status games ( which the discriminating interviewee will sec through ) . |
| 4 | From the audience 's applause it was obvious that most of them agreed , which led me to reflect yet again how this general attitude — exemplified by the average audience for the BBC 's Question Time — has become almost the most familiar political stance of our time . |
| 5 | But something happened the next day which led me to think rather more seriously about what she 'd said . |
| 6 | Toying with that idea started a train of thought about some of the other activities probably open to super-beings , which led me to conjure up some images of myself with Sergia , the Ardakkean , minus her costume , in the Orgitunnel . |
| 7 | They had gunpowder and very sophisticated engineering devices well before the west , but one can document the fact that the Chinese gave up science , rather dramatically , erm in subsequent centuries , simply because they lost faith that there was any underlying order in nature to be discovered , that it was their background religion and philosophy which led them to give up the idea of unravelling the structure of the universe . |
| 8 | Matthew thought his mother sounded very young , her voice bright with some emotion he could not quite define but which made him feel instantly — paternally — protective . |
| 9 | Paul could n't get over how his headmaster had been just to see him which made him feel very important which I thank you for . |
| 10 | There can be a great variety of these ; one of the most common is the death , absence , or emotional withdrawal of his father during the formative years of his childhood , which made him draw closer to his mother than he would otherwise have done . |
| 11 | I was just thinking how this feels incredibly … atmospheric , ’ she heard herself admitting reluctantly , waving an arm to encompass the satiny darkness of the sea all around them , ‘ I was thinking of the ghosts of all those Spanish galleons which met a sticky end in these very waters , hundreds of years ago , ’ she added , with a touch of melodrama which made him laugh out loud . |
| 12 | Suddenly Peter flushed , which made him seem much younger than he was . |
| 13 | " He 's been shaking like this ever since he was sixteen years old , " the Keraing told us , " when he first had the experience which made him take up the profession . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , there is and there is n't , ’ said Calatin , frowning , which made him look rather odd . |
| 15 | Gary 's nervous mare stayed at her side and Gary , perhaps inspired by her example , straightened up and changed his expression from scared to belligerent , which made him look remarkably like his brother Nails . |
| 16 | Even knowing he was finished she would not stop but pulled herself against him , levered and bucked with a grunting intensity which made him look down on her with pity . |
| 17 | Topaz gave him a smile which made him quiver pleasurably . |
| 18 | But he was very expensive and conceded 63 runs in eight overs , which made one wonder why left-arm spinner Davis , whose five pre-lunch overs cost only 18 , was not asked to bowl again in the innings . |
| 19 | ‘ He got better — went back to the Fire Service , ’ she said , but Eileen 's innocent remark seemed to have touched some nerve which made her say bitterly , ‘ He went back to scrimping and saving to keep his horrible wife in comfort in a nursing home . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm showing Melanie the neighbourhood , ’ said Finn , clutching his sister 's shoulders and rocking her kneeling form to and fro in an embrace which made her laugh soundlessly until she looked like a young girl . |
| 21 | The Americanism made Gina want to laugh , but there was something in those beautiful blue eyes with their clear , piercing quality which made her think better of it as they dwelt consideringly on her face . |
| 22 | Even before she had come to , it rapidly circled her belly with a sharpness which made her cry out — and waken Ellen . |
| 23 | Andrew took three steps towards Horatia and caught her shoulders in a grip which made her cry out . |
| 24 | The other Girls would talk about their families and homes which made her feel so lonely . |
| 25 | What was it about unashamed luxury , Harriet sometimes asked herself , which made her feel so uncomfortable ? |
| 26 | I told her she looked happy and luminous , which made her look even more happy and luminous . |
| 27 | Catherine , made less thin by candlelight , had put on a blue dress which made her look even younger than her age . |
| 28 | They will obviously be an extremely happy couple , although I told Miss Ingram something about the Rochester property which made her look quite depressed . |
| 29 | There were flowers in her hair , which made her look quite good . |
| 30 | Somewhat forbidding socially because of shyness , Dorothea had an absolute integrity which made her stand up for what she believed should be done . |